Commander in Geek
CBS news covers the debate of whether our President-elect Obama can in fact be called the first President that’s a geek. Generally I define as:
Geek – (gēk) – An individual who shows in-depth and knowledge in a particular subject area, or makes numerous obscure references to pop-culture in day to day activity
To me there are Nascar geeks, movie geeks, game geeks, comic geeks, political geeks, sports geeks, etc. Geeks can be athletic, be married, be social, these are not disqualifying reasons. They just have enthusiasm and knowledge about a certain thing or make a lot of pop-culture references. According to the CBS article, they look at a geek as:
GeekDad contributor Matt Blum, a software engineer in Reston, Va., defines geeks as having high intellects, embracing technology, “getting excited about things in the future especially, particularly fiction,” having a science viewpoint and being steeped in the geek culture of science fiction and fantasy.
Does Obama qualify?
- He collected/s Spider-man and Conan comic books
- Has used pop-culture references including comic book and Star Trek
- Flashed the Vulcan split finger to Leonard Nimoy
- Really into his Blackberry, he’s fighting to keep it
In this sense President-elect Obama definitely shows geeky qualities and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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The Savage Dragon made news before by endorsing Barack Obama for President, he now holds the pleasure of being one of the first comic book characters in congratulating the now President-elect Barack Obama. In a one page panel for 
In a repeat of “Dewey beats Truman”, Marvel Comics’ Daily Bugle announced that Stephen Colbert had beaten Barack Obama and John McCain for the Presidency of the United States. They quickly followed up the story with this correction:
This election can be considered one hell of a year of politicaly commentary and coverage in the comics industry. From artists wearing their candidate leanings on their sleeves, to comics staring the candidates themselves. Comic Book Resources has a listing of all of their stories covering the political year that was and various art that has graced their site.
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Campbell, who is donating a portion of the earnings to the Wounded Warrior Project. Campbell is the original artist and co-creator of comic books Gen13 and Danger Girl, and is also widely admired for his work on the Spiderman comics.
Marvel comics is known for incorporating relevent political climates into their series sotry telling. The company has proven time and again it is not afraid to make their opinions known on the hot socio-political issues. From Captain America’s entry into World War II well before Pearl Harbor, to Secret Invasion’s allegory on Islamo-fascism the company wears its politics on its sleave.